To organize all workers in the entire electrical industry in the United States and Canada, including all those in public utilities and electrical manufacturing, into local unions
To promote reasonable methods of work
To cultivate feelings of friendship among those in our industry
To settle all disputes between employers and employees by arbitration (if possible)
To assist each other in sickness or distress
To secure employment
To reduce the hours of daily labor
To secure adequate pay for our work
To seek a higher standard of living
To seek security for the individual
In the interest of a higher standard of citizenship and by legal and proper means, the IBEW will seek to elevate the moral, intellectual, and social conditions of our members, their families and dependents